I’m still wrapping my head around the U.S. mental gymnastics to believe that this is an evil job-stealing Canadian foreign automobile worthy of higher than the majority of other nations on the planet (and the penguins) tariffs… 🤪
I’ll take a 100-series Landcruiser with 4.2L *Turbodiesel, 5-speed and dual fuel tanks, please. Loved driving one of these in AFG, wish I could have brought it home.
“Down” to 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum inside a quota isn’t “best treatment of any major exporter to [the U.S.]…” That would have been 10 to 15% like Japan, UK, Europe…even the penguins were treated better.
Who knows…these may still be on the menu?
Counter-tariffs, dollar-for-dollar could include export tariffs on things that the U.S. “doesn't need.” Federal rebates to the exporter upon collection of the export tariffs by CBSA. Maybe even a smattering of Treasuries sell off…
Mexico has very little connectivity with Europe and less in the Pacific than Canada, so arguably they are more beholden to the U.S. even than Canada. One can argue whether Mexico has a larger criminality issue than Canada, but Canada doesn’t yet have traveling CIA teams ‘taking care of...
Born of the same parent, but fundamentally different experiences and attitudes growing up. One child despising the parent and running away from home to make it on their own (although the parent helped out [British naval blockade providing America’s first round of Munroe Doctrine support, since...
In fairness though, that was before the nuclear bomb on Iran and bombing Oman COA (FCOAML - Friendly COA Most Ludicrous). So it may go a bit higher yet.
A reasonable expectation, to increase capabilities that could directly support security of Europe as well as support its industrial defence capacity. I don’t see a burning necessity for it to be a hard integration into *NORAD other than the same kind of integration that other non-MADL or...
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